If they oppose the vice president's bid for his father's "throne", even Obiang family members are pressured into finding other ways of occupying themselves...far from Equatorial Guinea.
President Félix Tshisekedi is trying to make up for his lack of support within the army, but not all the generals are pleased with his efforts.
The Gabonese president has embarked on a series of sweeping changes within Gabon's embassies in the EU, with new ambassadors posted to Paris and Belin.
State-owned Guinean mining company Soguipami is negotiating terms to enable it to take direct charge of the marketing of the Guinean state's share of the bauxite produced by China's Chalco and Henan Chine groups..
After a string of failures in Africa, Black Rhino, a former subsidiary of investment colossus Blackstone, is back on track thanks to plans to create an oil free zone in its favourite country, Nigeria.
The Pentagon has hired an American firm to carry out emergency upgrades to the Kainji military base in northern Nigeria for it to be ready for the Super Tucano planes offered to the Nigerian Air Force and due to arrive in April.
The last African country with a cellphone monopoly, Ethiopia is finally set to sell two operating licences. Britain's giant Vodafone is ready to do battle.
Washington is stepping up its support for Somali special forces by hiring more and more private service providers in the field. The US wants to take down Al-Shabaab but also keep tabs on the Somali National Army, now largely under Turkish influence.
Closed following a probe by the Mauritian authorities, the country's leading Islamic bank had board members as far flung as Malaysia, the Gulf and the United Kingdom.
French diplomat Patrice Bergamini will soon be putting his expertise in geopolitics and government contracts to the service of CMA-CGM boss Rodolphe Saadé.
Supply glitches are hampering the Moroccan prison authority's response to the Covid-19 epidemic.
